LA 10 Second Semester Review 2010
Parts of a Paragraph--Define
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Pre-writing
Thesis or topic sentence
Reason, detail, fact
Explanation or example
Conclusion
**Review the steps in writing an accordion paragraph.
Methods of Organization --Define
A.
B.
C.
D.
Comparison/Contrast
Order of Importance
Chronological
Spatial
Types of literature--Define
1.
2.
3.
4.
Short story
Novel
Biography
Autobiography
Literary terms (elements of short stories)-Define-Review the PDF files on Quia.
1. plot
2. antagonist
3. omniscient
4. tone
5. protagonist
6. theme
7. symbol
8. narrator
9. point of view
10. foreshadowing
11. indirect characterization
12. static character
13. personification
14. climax
15. dynamic character
16. first-person point of view
17. voice
18. metaphor
19. setting
20. irony
21. simile
22. suspense
23. dramatic irony
24. verbal irony
25. situational irony
26. resolution
27. flashback
28. satire
29. direct characterization
Business Writing-Define
business letter
application
memo
instructions
Types of Business Letters-Define
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Request letter
Order letter
Appreciation or commendation letter
Complaint or adjustment
Letter of application
Parts of a letter-Define (Draw an example)
A. Heading
B. Inside address
C. Salutation
D. Body
E. Closing
F. Signature
Pronouns
Apostrophes
Antigone by Sophocles
At the beginning of the play, Antigone is talking to her sister _______ about burying their brother ___________.
The King of Thebes _______ has decreed that anyone who touches the brother’s body will die. He won’t bury him
properly because he considers the dead man a _________. The sister is afraid to help Antigone because she is afraid of
________. Antigone wants to follow God’s _____ rather than the King’s _____. She doesn’t want the ________of her
brother wandering around forever.
Antigone goes ahead, does a minimal burial of her brother, and a ________ takes her to the king. When we as
the audience (readers) know that a woman buries the body and the king does not, it is _________ irony. He describes
her as being like a mother ______ returning to discover her children are gone as Antigone returns to the body once
more. The king decides to banish her to a stone cave (tomb). He will give her some____________, which will absolve
him of any wrongdoing. It is also ironic that the person (prophet) who can foretell the future is __________. He has
predicted most things over the years __________ (how). He wants the king to bury the body and to release Antigone.
The king’s son has told him that the people do not think kindly of the king’s treatment of Antigone. The king is stubborn
and _______. He is inflexible and does not want to change what he said before because of his pride. When the king
goes to release Antigone from her stone cave, he discovers that she is dead. This is an example of ___________ irony.
(If someone says one thing bet means another, it is known as __________irony). The king’s son_________ is engaged to
Antigone and ends up __________ himself after a failed attempt at killing his __________. The king is further cursed by
finding out that his wife ___________ has _________ herself.
Hidalgo by Viggo Mortensen and Omar Sharif
Synopsis by Touchstone
In 1890, horseman, adventurer, and U.S. cavalry rider ________________’s days of glory seemed over. He and his
faithful stallion, ______________, once participants in the real American West, find themselves performing in a
_______________ show that saps their spirit and makes a mockery of history. Then an______________ sheik
challenges Hopkins’s claim to the title of “greatest rider in the West,” and the _______ is on! Frank and Hidalgo enter
the race called the_________________—a grueling ______-mile survival race across the ___________Desert—pitting
themselves against the world’s best _________horses and Bedouin riders; the favorite horse is___________. For Frank,
the race becomes not only a matter of pride and honor, but a struggle for survival and a mythic rite of passage. For his
Western-bred Mustang, it’s a chance to prove yet again that heart and stamina are the most valuable pedigree.
Hidalgo characters—Define--Study handouts / worksheets
Frank Hopkins
Sheikh Riyadh
Jazira
Aziz
Yusef
Chief Eagle Horn
Buffalo Bill
The English Woman-Lady Davenport